EPA May Consider Granting Calif. Emissions WaiverPresident Obama has pledged to review a waiver request by California that would allow it and more than a dozen other states to enforce strict new greenhouse gas emission standards on cars. The Bush Administration refused that waiver a year ago. The new regulations will cost the struggling car industry billions.

President Obama has pledged to review a waiver request by California that would allow it and more than a dozen other states to enforce strict new greenhouse gas emission standards on cars. The Bush Administration refused that waiver a year ago. The new regulations will cost the struggling car industry billions.